hahaaha.

Honestly, this is that important. Take care of the wiring first before the soft top.

Heck, before you even turn the ignition key again.

Poor fuel metering can KILL a forced induction motor inside of 10 seconds if it's at 'just the wrong time' (say, under boost during a WOT run)

If it's only 5 wires, all the more reason to do it right.

And I mean, 'right'. The whole nine yards. Strip wires, make sure they're clean and straight, (degrease and abrade slightly) point them at each other, slip shrink wrap over one, give them an opposing twist, and then solder and shrink over the entire joint.

It's entirely possible the radio could be picking up ground noise from the system, since an incomplete circuit in a waveform signal coming down a wire basically becomes a radiating element. (ie, an antenna with an RF signal being emitted) Normally, the signal is conducted properly and won't emit this RF, but since it's a broken link, it just becomes a radiating element, which will dump it's RF into the surrounding Grounded/shielding. Which, your radio uses to balance out the RF it gets from FM reception. Or, uses to shield against lower levels of RF when running other source material through the amplifier.

Some people say I'm anal when I work on cars. I don't argue that.

But then again, I'm usually the first person people choose to work on their stuff. LMAO.

Oh, and when you're done, after romping on the pedal a bit to test, go find out about that softop. RFLMAO.

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